California let's worry about every other thing except infrastructure!

[grassfarmer]

...From the same armchair experts that shared their worldly wisdom on the Quebec mosque attack being muslim on muslim violence. Yep boys you really know it all.

[mbdog]

a spillway is a spill way...its supposed to take over from 1-?00 year weather events...and gives us the time to debate other things. A spillway of this importance should not fail to this degree and magnitude, but should remind us of whats really real...the progress that's been made and our limits...the time and opportunity that has been afforded to us by progress made.. to think of what's right or wrong...what we can change and how quick it can possibly vapourize.
Our strength that's built into today's systems allows us to think forward and I certainly do not want to stop thinking forward.
But this is a time and the kind of event for liberals to shutup.

[SASKFARMER]

Hey grass have you ever traveled to other countries in the world. I remember being overseas in a area most wouldn't go now and how women even back then were second class.

So it was like a truck hitting me again listening to this guy who just moved to USA 12 years ago and how he felt about women.

So funny maybe things really haven't changed and this is what Canada wants.

[hobbyfrmr]

[QUOTE=furrowtickler;338057]Yes there was a long period of heavy rains since mid December. It has happened before . In fact 1862 ish was far worse - ya , before we started punting out the evil carbon emissions stuff .
The last time was in the '70s but the spillway was structuraly sound and able to handle the 200,000 cfs release to keep the water from going over the emergency spillway . Not the case this time as the hole opened up in the main spill way , due to poor maintenance, and operations were reluctant to cause more damage and restricted flow until the lake overflowed.
So yes it was higher than normal rains but not unpresidented and it's not over yet.
If the spillway was able to open to 200,000 cfs the lake would have not overflowed to start with.
So in short , they fuked up and spent money else where other than upkeeping this dam and many others while wasting the money on other lame brain ideas . Now hundreds of thousands of people and homes are at risk."

I had better say this now.....

[farmaholic]

Besides the potential catastrophe for peoples homes which is the utmost importance.... if the type of farming in the area that dam serves as a source of irrigation water is what I think it is there could be a spike in produce prices at the grocery store.

Can you imagine the force that could be unleashed. No less damaging than tornados or fires or what ever "natural disaster" that could strike. But this could be the beginning of a man made one.

[farmaholic]

SF3's comment...."where's Hollywood now?".......

Don't worry Hollywood will capitalize on this if the dam fails......they have probably started writing the script already. They're thinking of a movie title as we speak.... the antagonist will be "Climate change" and the protagonist will be the "environment and all the tree huggers".

[sawfly1]

i know most of you guys know who to blame for everything.

but are were we reading the same news articles .

the one i read said that the last time the licence was reviewed,
8-10 years ago, that there were warnings , submissions from the sierra club and other environmental
groups that the dam was not safe and needed work .

these submissions were dismissed by the regulatory body.

so the wacko lefties seem to have been right. all along.

and who was in power in state govt. at that time.
i do not know. could have even been arnold

my question is , how does this turn into a liberal bash thread ?

[dmlfarmer]

What really amazes me is the same ones complaining about the failing infrastructure are the ones demanding a balanced budget and that taxes are too high. Guess what, there is no money for infrastructure repairs if a government cannot borrow or raise taxes. Oh, I know the response will be to cut some programs that various people don't like, but for every program you don't like there are others that do like it. You better be prepared to give up all the government funding going to agriculture first if you demand cuts because with 2% of the population, we are the easiest target. But of course the critics on here won't or don't even realize the amount of government funding ag still gets.

And to praise Trump that he will do something about infrastructure given his pledge of a trillion dollars to infrastructure when he and his congress are still promising to cut taxes is absurd. Unless of course he will just print the money.

Oh, and don't forget, his biggest spending priority is still a useless 22 billion dollar wall.

[SASKFARMER]

Really boys it's simple get rid of useless feel good projects that do nothing and work on infrastructure.

Rather simple

[SASKFARMER]

This picture pretty much sums it up.

[dmlfarmer]

Well, SK3 if it is so simple I challenge you to tell us exactly what you would cut. If it is so simple, give us a list of the "feel good projects" you feel should be defunded and how much each would save. Should not be to difficult if you go to the Public Accounts to find what is spent on each program.

And to make it even simpler, forget the US and just tell us what is to be defunded in Canada. Remember Canada looks to have a 30 billion dollar deficit this year so please, just find 30 billion in savings that the feds are now spending and lets put that 30 billion into our crumbling infrastructure. I am not even asking for a balanced budget.

If it is so simple, you should have no problem in finding just 30 billion in savings in federal government spending. Or are you simply all talk?

[chuckChuck]

Some of you should remember that in 2011 Rafferty was close to overflowing and possibly failing due to heavy rain in June after a wet spring. The flood gates were opened and a wall of water took out bridges, farms, towns, and 4500 buildings in Minot. Americans blamed Saskatchewan for the flood.

Obviously it was Brad Walls fault because he is a Conservative Premier. LOL

[chuckChuck]

SF3 I would start by cutting ag subsidies to large farms like yours because you don't need to be propped up by hard working canadian's taxes. You might have to take a few less vacations!

[SASKFARMER]

Ok it's real easy.

Money for gay rights parades etc. They are just like all the other people of Canada if they want a parade pay for it themselves. We're all Canadians doesn't matter what you are or believe that's your belief don't push on others.


Quit bringing in people from all over the world look after Canadians first.

Stop bailouts of bombardier

Quit traveling the world on tax payers dime.

Quit sending delegates to useless climate change meetings.

Cut out equalization and make provinces finance their own dream feel good programs.

Drop all subsidies to green energy if it's not worth it why subsidize.

Cut Pms wage and all politicians.


Cut retirement gold plated programs for all in Ottawa.

Cut all departments budgets. Don't make it the norm to use your entire budget so you get more next year.

Drop and have a hard look at Medicare.

Drop the CBC.

Welfare cut if flunk drug test, or if do flunk and don't take programs to help then loose benefits.

Look at civil servants lots of useless positions that are just paper shufflers.

Look at basis and let all other programs die.

Cold hard fact USA and now Canada should worry more about their country and their people first.

[SASKFARMER]

Chucks what subsidy do I get besides the only one that works Ag invest.

Money in account if I put it and it's matched.

Ah Ag stability doesn't do shit all.

Crop insurance was designed to make money for the gov.

So again chucks you non farmer explain.